You may not go to Gold Mountain Monastery alone. Two or three people should go together in one car. And I will not pay for the gasoline. Since you are too careless and too casual, you have to pay for the gas when you go out to take care of your personal affairs. The temple will not pay for you to mail personal letters or do other private business. We ought to be responsible for ourselves. You simply take the temple's money for granted and carelessly waste gasoline. That is impermissible.

Regardless of who you are, I will not pay for the gas if it is not for temple affairs. I do not waste even a penny. In fact, I use the same sheet of tissue paper for five or six days. When you casually waste things, you are harming the temple. Your offense is equivalent to stealing from the Sangha. You waste public funds because you do not understand cause and effect and are not afraid of falling into the hells. The funds are to support people who cultivate the Way, not people who gossip.